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fecundate

[ fee-kuhn-deyt, fek-uhn- ]

verb (used with object)

, fe·cun·dat·ed, fe·cun·dat·ing.
  1. to make prolific or fruitful.
  2. Biology. to impregnate or fertilize.


fecundate

/ fɪˈkʌndətərɪ; ˈfɛk-; -trɪ; ˈfiːkənˌdeɪt /

verb

  1. to make fruitful
  2. to fertilize; impregnate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • fecundatory, adjective
  • ˈfecunˌdator, noun
  • ˌfecunˈdation, noun
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Other Words From

  • fecun·dation noun
  • fecun·dator noun
  • fe·cun·da·to·ry [fi-, kuhn, -d, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
  • prefe·cun·dation noun
  • un·fecun·dated adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fecundate1

1625–35; < Latin fēcundātus made fruitful, fertilized (past participle of fēcundāre ). See fecund, -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fecundate1

C17: from Latin fēcundāre to fertilize
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Example Sentences

But instinct is routine, and if thought did not fecundate it, it would no more progress in man than in the bee or ant.

If we would fecundate them, we must take them as a kind of material of universal truths.

How could one fecundate the universal doubt so that it should give birth to a new faith?

He speaks by his arts, which might fecundate our human inventions.

It is necessary that the male cephalopode fecundate the female.

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